Midas

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪ.dəs/

Midas

1. (Greek mythology) A king who sought and was for a while granted the cherished but subtly dangerous magical power to turn anything he touched into gold.

• Midas touch
• Midas-like
• Midasian
• Midan

Midas (plural Midases)

1. A very large champagne bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 30 liters, equivalent to 40 standard bottles.

• double-edged sword

• diams, maids

Midas m

1. Midas

• Mida

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.daːs/, [ˈmɪd̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.das/, [ˈmiːd̪äs]

Midās m sg (genitive Midae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Midas (king of Phrygia who was gifted the ability to turn everything he touched to gold.)

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

• “Mĭdas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Learned borrowing from Latin Midās, from Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās), from Phrygian μιδασ (midas).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.das/
• Rhymes: -idas
• Syllabification: Mi‧das

Midas m pers

1. (Greek mythology) Midas (king who sought and was for a while granted the cherished but subtly dangerous magical power to turn anything he touched into gold)

• Midas in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Midas m

1. (Greek mythology) Midas (king with the power to turn things into gold)

• toque de Midas